Thursday, January 30, 2014

This is a new mural you see entering downtown Peekskill. The problem, first impression one gets, is of a figure giving the Nazi salute! In fact it's Chauncey Depew who was State Senator from 1899 to 1911. In 1908 Depew gave land to Peekskill which became Depew Park. In 1918, he included a statue of himself .

Monday, July 29, 2013

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The folks at Friends of the Earth assisted NukeFree in sponsoring a mobile billboard to promote the shut down of San Onofre. We are looking for one or more green businesses to help us sponsor a similar mobile billboard to shut down Indian Point. Contact: Rock The Reactors

The Paramount theater in Peekskill NY which for years had
been controlled by Entergy, owners of Indian Point, is now under new
management, friendly to the anti-nuclear community.

Too many artists were
boycotting the theater and ticket sales suffered greatly after Rock The
Reactors organized a direct action at the theater during a Bob Weir concert in
2007 to bring attention to Paramount/Entergy connection.

We are looking to host events at the Paramount, widening the
scope of performers beyond Clearwater’s folk music community. In the past RTR has organized events at the Colony in Woodstock, the Hiro Ballroom in
Manhattan, and many other venues in Connecticut in cooperation with GreenDrinks.

Friday, February 15, 2013

It
has become apparent from the most recent pump failure and emergency shutdown at
the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan NY that there is a pressing need to
decommission the nuclear power plants closest to densely populated areas.

Rock
The Reactors and the Green Party of Connecticut have identified 5 nuclear power
plants in the United States top of the list for putting the public at greatest
risk, not only in case of catastrophic accident, but also from long term
exposure to chronic mishaps, leaks and daily venting of radioactivity.

The
reactors with the most neighbors within a radius of 50 miles are:*

Indian
Point,
near Buchanan, N.Y., 41 miles upriver from the center of New York City, with
17.2 million people within 50 miles.

San
Onofre,
near San Clemente, Calif., and 45 miles from San Diego, 8.5 million.

Limerick, near Limerick,
Pa., and 28 miles from Philadelphia, 8.0 million.

Dresden, near Morris, Ill.,
and 43 miles from Chicago, 7.3 million.

Peach
Bottom,
near Delta, Pa., and 36 miles from Baltimore, 5.5 million.

Hope
Creek
and Salem, both near Hancocks Bridge, N.J., and 43 miles from
Philadelphia, 5.5 million.

*msnbc.com

The
financial firm UBS has recommended to Entergy, owners of the Indian Point
Energy Center, that they need to shut down their smaller nuclear power plant in
Brattleboro VT to remain financially soluble. This is a Mark 1 reactor, the
same design as built by General Electric in Fukushima, Japan. The state of
Vermont has accused Entergy of not having sufficient funds in escrow, as
required by law, to decommission Vermont Yankee. A similar situation may exist
for Indian Point according to our sources.

Remy
Chevalier, director of Rock The Reactors, founded in 2006 to enlist the
participation of the arts and fashion community in the fight to shut down
Indian Point, feels residents of Fairfield County, who live and work in the
Indian Point 50-mile evacuation zone, should have a say in their future.

Riverkeeper
and other local environmental organizations are in the courts fighting to
prevent the NRC from awarding Indian Point a renewed operating license which
would allow Indian Point to continue playing Russian Roulette with the lives of
20 million people for another 20 to 40 years, or until an accident permanently
shuts down the plant.

Riverkeeper
has demonstrated that Indian Point only provides a small portion of electricity
to New York City and New York's 19th district, comprising Westchester, Orange,
Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess counties. Electricity today can easily be made up
through conservation, improved technologies like LEDs, and alternative energy
generation like solar or wind.

Rock
The Reactors and the Green Party of Connecticut ask that our local
representatives in Fairfield County raise their voices in opposition to the
relicensing of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in solidarity with our
neighbors in New York.